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We're letting these guys out over and over again: Activist
But prison expert Darryl Plecas defends B.C.'s minimum-security prison facilities. More than 3,400 Fraser Valley residents live behind bars.
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Nag_Champa |
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Coke smuggler hailed as Robin Hood
B.C. man aided Indian villagers. A man who bragged to undercover U.S. police officers that he imported 36 tonnes of cocaine into B.C. has led a doubl...
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Nag_Champa |
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Vancouver Leads Canada in Litter, Vandalism, Graffiti and Other Acts of 'Incivility'
From News 1130 --
A new Statistics Canada study shows Vancouver has the dubious distinction of being Canada's leader in what criminologists call...
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VanRW |
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More Cashola for Canadians -- Says Report
Canadians who get salaries can expect an average increase of 3.5 per cent in 2009, a survey from compensation and benefit consultants Morneau Sobeco s...
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hippe_gal |
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jPod: cancelled by the CBC
Midway through season one, the CBC cancelled its most innovative and intelligent new show, to heated fan protest....
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Karly |
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A Candian Princess at Last!
Queen's grandson weds Canadian bride. Autumn Kelly of Pointe-Claire, Que., marries Peter Phillips
It had all the ingredients of a proper British r...
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MintyPop |
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Why incinerators are the wrong and expensive option for garbage in Canada
The Globe's John Barber wrote a scathing Op-Ed on Friday about convoluted logic that convinced politicians in the Durham region of Ontario that it was...
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travelbug |
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'800,000 cars idling for 24 hours a day all year long'
OTTAWA -- Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton called on the federal government yesterday to halt development of a new oil sands site in northern Alberta, s...
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travelbug |
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Massive drug-smuggling ring linked to two at Abbotsford car dealership
FERNDALE, Wash. -- Two men who worked at a family-owned Hyundai dealership in Abbotsford have been busted in Washington state on charges they ran a hu...
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NagChampa |
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Canadian Obama cartoon used to spread hatred online
Altered copies are promoting racism. A Halifax newspaper's editorial cartoon showing Barack Obama on the lawn of the White House thinking, Well, fir...
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Nag_Champa |
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Canada doesn't see rape as "serious harm": releases offender early
Predator freed from jail despite risk of 'future sexual violence'. Young women most likely to be victims
A sadistic sex attacker has been released to...
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travelbug |
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Soaring gas prices worry more people than health: B.C. poll
Energy costs top concern for first time in 20 years. Fuel costs were top of mind for B.C. residents in June, beating out health care and the economy ...
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Nag_Champa |
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Salt is killing Canadians: researchers
Our addiction to salt is causing up to 17,000 excess cases a year in Canada of stroke, heart attack and heart failure, according to new Canadian resea...
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MintyPop |
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Canada puts $100 million into stem cell research
SAN DIEGO - The federal government said Wednesday it was giving $100 million over three years to a partnership between Canadian and California scienti...
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Nag_Champa |
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Canadians open Games with victory over Argentina
TIANJIN, China - Christine Sinclair warned Canadians against expecting anything resembling sensational soccer in the opening minutes of the 2008 Summe...
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MintyPop |
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Coffee could help beat MS
A strong cup of coffee may do more than just wake you up in the mornings. It could also help you stave off multiple sclerosis, according to a new stud...
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MintyPop |
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Baby high heels latest fashion accessory
Leanne Gasiorowski went into labour Tuesday with two things on her mind: contractions and zebra-print stilettos.
The stilettos are for her new daug...
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MintyPop |
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Why do we allow our government to act like a Third World police state?
Canada has become a nation of sheep. We have evolved a culture of docility, and politicians, bureaucrats, justice officials and police take full advan...
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Nag_Champa |
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An outrage for food consumers (ie EVERYONE!)
This is very upsetting news for us all. We have a right to know what we are consuming and how our food has been produced. It's wrong for the governm...
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travelbug |
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A little bit of Canada has vanished forever
Huge chunks of Arctic island breaking off. OTTAWA -- Giant sheets of ice totalling almost 20 square kilometres broke off an ice shelf in the Canadian...
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MintyPop |
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B.C.s dependence on U.S. economy
B.C. film industry struggles on
Writers' strike, reliance on U.S. productions, fuel film-and-TV woes
Kate Webb, The Province
Published: Tuesday, Ma...
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travelbug |
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Frenzy of concern over 'threatened' polar bears contradicted by the facts
When environmentalist activists want cuddly creatures for poster purposes, nothing beats Canadian.
Forget our most endangered species like the blac...
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MintyPop |
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Trashing appointment of police to the parole board is so bush-league
For all its merits, a parliamentary system of democracy has a few pitfalls. One notable shortcoming is the tendency for opposition parties to oppose e...
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Nag_Champa |
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Technology overwhelming real life
Time spent on the online universe in virtual engagement is supplanting human experience, author says
Guitar solos have vanished from the concert scen...
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Nag_Champa |
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U.S. womens' groups attack Vancouver brothel plan
Women's shelters from around the world yesterday strongly condemned a Vancouver proposal to set up brothels, an idea backed by MP Libby Davies and oth...
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Nag_Champa |
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Drilling Off BC's Coast to Ease Gas Prices? -- Don't Believe the Hype
From the Vancouver Sun
Canada could play a crucial role in helping alleviate the international energy crisis if it continues to expand Alberta oi...
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G8 countries fail to meet climate change vows: report
BERLIN (Reuters) - None of the G8 countries have come even close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada an...
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Nag_Champa |
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No plans for mandatory mercury labels on fish
OTTAWA - Even though Canadians want it, Health Canada has no plans to bring in mandatory labelling of mercury in fish, saying it would be complicated...
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Nag_Champa |
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Mentally ill patients released early to free up hospital beds: study
Canadians hospitalized for mental illness are being discharged earlier than they used to be, suggesting they may be squeezed out because of a shortage...
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travelbug |
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Food inspectors say they're stretched to the max
Too much paperwork, too little time, too few staff. OTTAWA -- The inspector stationed at the Toronto plant at the centre of a deadly food-borne outbr...
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travelbug |
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Cab drivers with a Phd...BCs big problem
Because of a flawed immigration process, Internationally Trained Professionals (ITP s) who come to Canada are forced to work entry level jobs ins...
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iPhone mania arrives in Canada
'It's pornography for gadget whores'. Apple crazy Canadians, some who waited hours overnight in lineups, were preparing to join their counterparts in...
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MintyPop |
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Nightshift Reunion
A reunion on the rock video show that aired on the community cable in Abbotsford BC from 1988 to 1992. The show is hosted by Greg Tiderington as he in...
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Parkinson's link could lead to new treatments
OTTAWA - An Ottawa neurologist is part of an international research team that has uncovered a link between the genetics of blood cells and the brain c...
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travelbug |
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Electric Vehicles: The Cheap Cheap Future
The best method to combat rising prices. A conversation with the Spokesman for the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association (Veva) John Stonier and his...
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Canadian reporter kidnapped at gunpoint in Somalia
A freelance journalist from Alberta has been abducted at gunpoint near the Somali capital of Mogadishu, her father said Saturday.
Amanda Lindhout, ...
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travelbug |
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Canada's two biggest provinces sign emissions deal
OTTAWA (Reuters) - In a major rebuff to the Canadian government's plan to fight climate change, the country's two biggest provinces agreed in principl...
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travelbug |
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Election campaign might start next week
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Declaring the Canadian Parliament to be at an impasse, Prime Minister Stephen Harper signaled on Tuesday that he could trigger an e...
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travelbug |
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Racists try to recruit with cash
Calgary's white-supremacist Aryan Guard is offering to pay damage deposits on rental accommodation for anyone relocating to swell its membership. The ...
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Nag_Champa |
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Embracing New Technology for Consumers is All Good, But a Robotic Fridge??
From CTVbc.ca --
Canadians are more likely than Americans to embrace new technologies, a recent study finds, such as fridges that automatically ...
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VanRW |
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Canadians ready for carbon tax, says poll
OTTAWA -- Canadians are warming to the idea of paying a tax on activities that cause climate change, but they don't necessarily expect to get the mone...
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Nag_Champa |
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Drug restores speech in Alzheimer's
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alzheimer's patients given a popular rheumatoid arthritis drug showed seemingly dramatic improvements in a small study, but some d...
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MintyPop |
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Gov't doesn't want e-mails published
B.C. RAIL CASE: Messages to be released to defence, but not the public. An application to ban publication of the details of dozens of e-mails the B.C...
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Nag_Champa |
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Eighty-eight per cent back ban on cellphone use while driving
A new study reveals nearly 90 per cent of Canadians -- and 85 per cent of B.Cers -- support a ban on the use of hand-held cellphones while driving.
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travelbug |
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Let's right this glaring wrong
Free speech is a basic Canadian value. Indeed, it is one that's key to any self-respecting, modern democracy.
That is why we welcome the Canadian H...
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Nag_Champa |
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Waste-to-energy schemes just hype, says top scientist
Magic machines that would cleanly burn Metro Vancouver's garbage are just promoters' hype, says a retired chemistry professor.
Paul Connett, who ...
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Nag_Champa |
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Bribe me, doc
Financial rewards help people remain healthy. A new health initiative will pay people cash to get them to take their anticoagulant pills - medication...
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Nag_Champa |
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Drug Used to Treat Schizophrenia Cures Anorexia?
A drug used to treat schizophrenia may be a new tool to help patients with anorexia gain weight and control their obsessive thoughts about food.
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cosmo_girl |
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Canadians skeptical of 'green' product claims
OTTAWA - Eighty per cent of Canadians consider the environment when making purchasing decisions, but few believe companies' claims about green produc...
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travelbug |
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Canadians Helped US Mount a Case Against Canadian Child Soldier Omar Khadr
The Supreme Court of Canada ordered Canadian authorities Friday to hand over secret files it shared with the United States on Omar Khadr, ruling that ...
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